(Irishcast) Do Not Fear For I Am With You (Isa 41v10 Acts 4v29) (Trust)
How do you hear God’s voice? Command…Promise! DO NOT FEAR is the command. FOR I AM WITH YOU is the promise. The promise is what assures us of God’s presence and power. All humans need to know the promise of Emanuel, “God with us.” But when the promise is combined with the command it bolsters our confidence. We know that God is commanding us to let go of our fears, but the reason we can do this is because God promises to be with us. In the language of theology, we call this law and gospel. The law commands us to do or be something. We know we cannot do what the law demands. But the gospel gives us the power to fulfill it. You can trust God when you hear a command that seems overwhelming to know that the promise of God being with you is close behind. Remember those times in your life when you knew you could not do what God commanded and then the power came from God being with you to help you through. A friend of mine used to help people understand this relationship of law and gospel by saying. YOU MUST…I CAN’T…YOU CAN…PLEASE DO…THANK YOU.
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